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Ellen van Neerven Ellen van Neerven i(A144258 works by) (a.k.a. Ellen Van Neerven-Currie)
Born: Established: 1990 ;
Gender: Non-binary
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Dutch ; Aboriginal Mununjali / Munaldjali ; Aboriginal Bundjalung
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1 y separately published work icon Unlimited Futures Unlimited Futures : Speculative, Visionary Blak and Black Fiction Rafeif Ismail (editor), Ellen van Neerven (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2022 23419495 2022 anthology short story

'Unlimited Futures is an anthology of Own Voice speculative fiction from 21 emerging and established First Nations writers and Black writers, reflecting visionary pasts, hopeful futures and the invisible ties between First Nations people and People of Colour.

'With works by Tuesday Atzinger, Flora Chol, Claire Coleman, Zena Cumpston, Lisa Fuller, Meleika Gasa-Fatafehi, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Chemutai Glasheen, Genevieve Grieves, Rafeif Ismail, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Laniyuk, Maree McCathy Yoelu, Jasmin McGaughey, SJ Minniecon, Sisonke Msimang, Merryana Salem, Mykaela Saunders, Aïsha Trambas, Alison Whittaker and Jasper Wyld, this is an anthology of the tales they wish had existed when they were growing up in Australia.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 Gympoem i "I haven’t seen my shoulders and legs for weeks and actually", Ellen van Neerven , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 1 2021; (p. 29)
1 No Limits : Trans Sporting Lives Ellen van Neerven , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 73 2021;
1 [Untitled] i "Nothing started the day I was born.", Ellen van Neerven , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 2 2021; (p. 79-80)
1 3 y separately published work icon Flock : First Nations Stories Then and Now Ellen van Neerven (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2021 20977737 2021 anthology prose Indigenous story

'This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and the satisfaction of a good short story. Curated by award-winning author Ellen van Neerven, Flock roams the landscape of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, bringing together voices from across the generations. Featuring established authors such as Tony Birch and Melissa Lucashenko, and rising stars such as Adam Thompson and Mykaela Saunders, Flock confirms the ongoing resonance and originality of First Nations stories.' (Publication summary)

1 Horror (plural) i "unconscious knowledge", Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: In Your Hands 2020; (p. 118)
1 Tamale i "Finally, a tamale in Texas. She throats her anticipation with a hairclip and", Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry 2020; (p. 166)
1 y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Journal Modern Elegy vol. 10 no. 1 Ellen van Neerven (editor), David McCooey (editor), Felicity Plunkett (editor), Eunice Andrada (editor), 2020 20794583 2020 periodical issue poetry 'In September 2019, Jacinta Le Plastrier invited me, Eunice, David and Felicity to be co-editors of this Australian Poetry Journal ‘modern elegy’ issue. At that time, I was not to know what 2020 would bring, or what it would be like to ask poets to write an elegy in 2020. The bushfires last summer should have been prevented, and Country should have been spared. But instead of giving First Nations people autonomy of their land and ability to perform their culture, science and caring for Country, the government is obsessed with continuing an extractive colonisation that will continue to kill us and other living beings we are in kinship with.' (Ellen van Neerven, Foreword 1, Introduction)
1 Beach Front Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 160 2020; (p. 9)
1 y separately published work icon Sate Ellen van Neerven , Canberra : ABC Radio National , 2020 20262576 2020 single work short story crime

'A water conference turns nasty when its Indigenous participants demand justice. Charlie — a young woman from a remote community — finds comfort in the arms of a beautiful German stranger, who brings her to her knees with desire. And then, someone dies...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Ellen van Neerven and Charmaine Papertalk Green Ellen van Neerven (presenter), 2020 20167538 2020 single work podcast interview
1 y separately published work icon Ellen Van Neerven and Eunice Andrada Ellen van Neerven (presenter), 2020 19946803 2020 single work podcast
1 2023 i "In 2023 we will not", Ellen van Neerven , 2020 poetry
— Appears in: Ellen Van Neerven and Eunice Andrada 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Ellen Van Neerven and Eunice Andrada Ellen van Neerven (presenter), Eunice Andrada (presenter), 2020 19680718 2020 single work podcast 'For our first episode, Ellen van Neerven is joined by Eunice Andrada, a Filipina poet and educator. ' 
1 y separately published work icon Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times EV4ET Omar Sakr (presenter), Ellen van Neerven (presenter), 2020 St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2020 19680679 2020 series - publisher podcast
1 y separately published work icon Baby, I'm Home Ellen van Neerven , 2020 Australia : PlayWriting Australia , 2020 19656896 2020 single work drama
1 House or Country : Ellen Van Neerven on Climate Change Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2020;

'‘The sky was red, black ash fell like snow, and smoke choked the whole east coast – even New Zealand felt the effects of our fires. All while the government keeps selling our water and land,’ Bee Cruse said of last summer’s inferno. Cruse’s Monaro-Yuin Nation is one of the worst hit communities. Yuin man Warren Foster from Wallaga Lake said, ‘We need our country to be healthy so we can be healthy. We need the animals. If that is all lost, our spirits die when they die. This might be a wake-up call for them now to listen to us Indigenous people on how we do our cultural burning.’'  (Introduction)

1 The Revolution Will Not Be Zoomed i "Stay home, but don’t stay home, sis.", Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , no. 42 2020;
1 Are We One Hundred Years Ago? i "take me to that place where sky and ocean meet — I’ve", Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18-24 April 2020;
1 Social Isolation Is an Act of Love Ellen van Neerven , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 March 2020;
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